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I’m late … I was able to clean the boiler, I had to sand the bottom which was attacked by a large enough surface rust. You have to understand the “operation” of stainless steel, this is not the material itself which is stainless but its reaction to the air. Contact with oxygen causes first-oxidation, called passivation, which will form an airproof and liability layer, a certain thickness becomes stable.

Rust on stainless steel occurs when the passive layer is attacked by an aggressive agent, it can be a grinding, welding, chemical attack, such as hydrochloric acid, completely prohibited. The use of tools that have been in contact with ferrous metal may even be causing a problem. I think the boiler had to be cleaned with steel wool, obviously there was a leak at the low pressure valve, and the protective layer has been weakened, the iron powder came into contact with bare metal and rust. This layer prevents good passivation of stainless steel and corrosion gradually takes over.

To facilitate the return to normal of the surface sanded, then assaulted, I had to polish the tank to find a smooth surface more conducive to “good” oxidation.

I also back up all the piping, hoping not to have to undo all later… normally it should be fine, at least… I hope 🙂

A small picture of the result:

 

 

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Polishing and assembly groups:

The groups were very scratched, it took me over 2 hours each to give them a nice shine.

There are still some traces. It is a great debate but some make systematically replate their machines, I prefer when possible to let original, even with some traces, it may be stupid but I feel that with their bright recovered, only the original chromes can attest the history of the machine.

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The parts have arrived!

Today a driver brought me a box with lots of interesting things, I’ll finally be able to put me on this restoration a rapid pace.

I had prepared taps the other day, scaling, cleaning and polishing a little, I longed to be able to go, it’s a little disheartening when you do not see things move forward.

 

 

That’s a lot of parts just for a tap …

 

 

But still … they are really successful aesthetically.

 

 

Drip tray polishing and front is a long time but it comes good. This is the first time I polish the stainless steel and it is surprising as it may seem at the outset that the surface is in fairly good condition, and as gradually as we see in fact it was very tarnished by years.

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Photos of the day, the polishing of stainless steel begins to yield good results.

The taps take place.

 

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The chassis has been laid bare, it’s a nice build quality, we realized with a friend that under the dirt, the chassis is made of galvanized steel parts, and others are welded stainless steel.

 

He was entitled to its two layers of cold galvanizing, was required anyway as under-layer for a good grip of the paint on the steel.

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